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Direct linkSoovendran Varadarajan; Joyce Hwee Ling Koh; Ben Kei Daniel – Distance Education, 2025
Micro-credentials (MCs) are gaining traction in higher education, aligning with Open, Flexible, and Distance Learning (OFDL) ideals. Despite the growing interest, their full impact on academia is still being debated. This highlights the need for research into the institutional factors essential for integrating MCs successfully, particularly as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Microcredentials, College Faculty, Researchers
Download full textJames, Ted – British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2023
Post-secondary institutions in British Columbia and elsewhere were forced to react quickly and boldly when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in early 2020. The pandemic had unforeseen consequences, but it also created opportunities for new approaches to institutional systems and service delivery. This study evaluates the impact of the pandemic on…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Registrars (School), Foreign Countries
Petillion, Riley J.; McNeil, W. Stephen – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
In-person teaching activities at the University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus were curtailed in the midst of a semester as a result of the global shutdowns imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. All instruction shifted online, and this rapid transition to emergency remote teaching had negative impacts on student learning, engagement, and mental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
Spencer, Robert E. – 1980
A post hoc analysis was conducted of a computer-based prototype designed to generate individualized study schedules for learners enrolled in two home study courses at Athabasca University. The project sought to determine the use of such a prototype in home study courses and its effect on completion rates. Learners in the courses were asked if they…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
Hudson, Rachel, Ed.; Maslin-Prothero, Sian, Ed.; Oates, Lyn, Ed. – 1997
Following an introduction (Hudson, Maslin-Prothero, Oates), the following 31 case studies describe flexible learning developments in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States: "Teaching Business Writing Online" (Fulkerth); "Don't Lecture Me about Flexible Learning!" (Dunning); "Improving Independent Learning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Computer Mediated Communication, Delivery Systems
Burge, Elizabeth J., Ed.; Haughey, Margaret, Ed. – 2001
This collection of 14 first-hand accounts from experienced and accomplished learning technology practitioners highlights issues in using learning technologies for flexible, distance, and open learning. The papers are as follows: "Using Learning Technologies: An Introduction" (Margaret Haughey); "Naming the Learning Technology Issues…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Education, Adult Education, Developed Nations
